Natural hazards · Minot AFB

Minot AFB, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Minot AFB comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Minot AFB?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Minot AFB to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves57%Inland flooding15%Tornadoes10%Winter weather8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Minot AFB faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Cold waves

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Winter weather

8% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Minot AFB flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Minot AFB.

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Minot AFB isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Ward County.

Disasters that hit Minot AFB

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Minot AFB itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Minot AFB.

Brought FEMA money into Minot AFBDeclared for Ward County only

2011

Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Ward County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Minot AFB covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Minot AFB’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Minot AFB. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Minot AFB total about $2.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.